Academy converter · Primary
Farnsfield · NG22 8JZ · Nottinghamshire
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM8.3%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 142091
Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy
Academy converter · Newark · NG22 8PS
Ages 3–11 · 214 pupils · Nottinghamshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
64%
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
0.95 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-09-17
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)64%
Higher standard (RWM)4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.6%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 162
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.95 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
21
Places offered
22
1st-preference offers
21
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 30
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 22
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill83%
214 pupils · 259 places
- Pupils on roll
- 214
- Boys / girls
- 113 / 101
- School capacity
- 259
- Capacity fill
- 214 / 259 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 40%
- FSM pupils
- 78
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: FLYING HIGH TRUST
- Academy trust
- FLYING HIGH TRUST
- Sponsor
- Flying High Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Reynolds
Location
- Address
- Crompton Road, Bilsthorpe
- Postcode
- NG22 8PS
- Town
- Newark
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- District
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Newark, Nottinghamshire, 214 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 40%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kirklington Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newark · NG22 8NG · Nottinghamshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM23.0%
2.7 miles away
Other independent special school
NG22 8NB · Nottinghamshire
Ages 9–17
- Att87.2
- EM5+0%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Reynolds
- Telephone
- 01623870772